86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $124,357 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1,234
inspections on record
49,059
inspection hours
6.0
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
2,953 citations across 49,059 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$864K
proposed penalties
$740K
current assessed
$740K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2,869 assessments are final orders; 44 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-09-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Eighty Four Mining Company · Struck against stationary object
The victim was standing behind the center bolter observing the slack power cable laying on the ground. As he walked around the bolter to check for slack, he stepped on a small rock (saucer dish size) causing him to twist & fall to the bottom. He was taken to the hospital and a soft cast was put on. He went into convulsions on 4/28/07 at home and later died at the hospital.
May 11, 2002PA · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorFatality · ELECTRICAL
Eighty Four Mining Company · Contact with electrical current
EE WAS OPERATING A STAMLER COAL HAULER AND HAD ATTEMPTED TO TRAM AROUND AN UN CUT CORNER. IN DOING SO HIS HAULER APPARENTLY PINCHED THE ENEGIZED LOADER CABLE BETWEEN THE HAULER AND THE COAL RI B. EE EXITED THE MACHINE TO LOOK AT THE DAMAGE TO THE CABLE AND WAS APPARENTLY ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE CONTACTED THE FRAME OF THE COAL HAULER.
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